THE FLORA OF MOUNT PULOG. 363 
distributed from the Botanical Institute, Tokyo, as Eurya japonica Thunb., under 
the number 1369. 
A species characterized by its small leaves and apparently sufficiently constant 
to warrant description as a distinct form. It is allied to Eurya acuminata DC., 
and to H. japonica Thunb., differing from both in its leaf-characters, and from 
the latter in its pubescent branchlets. 
- ADINANDRA Jack. 
Adinandra montana Merrill sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra 4 ad 10 m alta; foliis coriaceis elliptico-ovatis vel 
elliptico-oblongis, integris, nitidis, apice breviter acuminatis, acumi- 
nibus obtusis vel retusis, nervis in pagina inferiore subobsoletis, superiore 
tenuibus; floribus axillaribus, sepalis petalisque ad marginem ciliatis. 
A glabrous tree 4 to 10 m high. Branches terete, grayish-brown, the 
ultimate branchlets reddish-brown and faintly angled. Leaves alternate, 
elliptic-ovate to elliptic-oblong, entire, thickly coriaceous, 5 to 8 cm 
long, 2 to 3.5 em wide, brownish and somewhat shining when dry, the 
base acute, the apex usually more or less acuminate, often very shortly 
and broadly so, or almost rounded, the acumen blunt or somewhat retuse ; 
nerves subobsolete on the lower surface, on the upper surface faint, about 
10 on each side of the midrib; petioles 5 to8 mm long. Flowers axillary, 
mostly solitary, white, often nodding, the pedicels stout, 1 to 1.5 cm 
long. Sepals broadly ovate, abruptly apiculate, 3 mm long, the margins 
ciliate. Petals obovate or narrowly obovate, in anthesis 12 mm long, 
rounded or somewhat retuse, the margins ciliate. Stamens about 30; 
filaments 7 mm long or less; anthers basifixed, 1.8 to 2 mm long, with 
few, scattered, rather stiff, white hairs. Ovary glabrous, 5-celled, each 
cell with many ovules; style about 9 mm long. Fruit ovoid, glabrous, 
somewhat fleshy, about 1.3 cm long, brown, shining; seeds brown, shining, 
irregularly compressed, about 3 mm long, minutely pitted. 
The type of this species is For. Bur. 4558 Mearns & Hutchinson, from Mount Ma- 
landing, Mindanao, but I am unable to distinguish from it by any valid characters 
For. Bur, 18149 Curran, Merritt, &€ Zschokke, from the lower parts of the mossy 
forest on Mount Pulog. The same species is also apparently represented by 
Bur. Sci. 4414, 4420 Mearns, Pauai, Province of Benguet, Luzon. A specimen 
from Mount Malaraya, Tayabas Province, differs in having smaller fruits and 
shorter pedicels, while two specimens from Mount Haleon, Mindoro, For. Bur. 
4410, 4458 Merritt, have some of the leaves larger (reaching a length of 10 em), 
with the nerves distinctly visible on the lower surface. It is possible that all 
these specimens are referable to a single species, but it is more probable that 
additional material will show sufficiently constant characters to warrant the 
separation of several closely allied forms. 
The species is manifestly closely allied to Adinandra dumosa Jack, of the Malay 
Peninsula and Archipelago, but evident distinguishing characters are the smaller 
leaves, with the nerves at least visible on the upper surface in the present form. 
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